Consultant in Anaesthesia
Employer Location Huntingdon Salary £88,364 to £119,133 a year per annum Closing date 24 Mar 2023
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This is a replacement post, to provide services to the Theatres, Anaesthetics and Critical Care Clinical Business Unit in both Huntingdon and Peterborough, with the majority of the work at Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon. Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust and Peterborough & Stamford NHS Foundation Trust merged on 01 April 2017 to form the North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is suitable for both General Anaesthetists and those with a Critical Care interest. The successful applicants will join a team of 18 Consultants (including this newly established posts) in Hinchingbrooke and 45 consultants in Peterborough.
The post is advertised on the basis of 12 PAs and any additional PAs will be subject to negotiation.
The appointee will take part in the resident Consultant on-Call rota in Hinchingbrooke.
The post-holder will be responsible to the Associate Divisional Director and accountable to the Chief Executive.
Main duties of the job
The distribution of workload and departmental planning in both Trusts requires a degree of flexibility from Consultant Anaesthetists. The work of this post is annualised and will consist of between 4 to 8 weekday clinical sessions per week.
The majority of work will be undertaken at Hinchingbrooke Hospital but, some work may be undertaken at Peterborough City Hospital.
Each week will have an agreed regular fixed non-clinical day. The core SPA time will be spent on administration, continued development of Anaesthetic services, attendance at planned departmental meetings, teaching and audit.
The post-holder, along with the other consultants, will be responsible for the provision of emergency Anaesthetic services
About us
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust provides acute care to our local communities via two District General Hospitals in Peterborough and Huntingdon, and a community hospital in Stamford.
We are promoting flexible working and a health work/home life balance. Agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.
Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:
If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The exact job plan will be agreed with the post-holder on appointment, and as such the Anaesthetic sessions could be altered to take into account any further specialist interest of the successful candidate, with a regular clinical session. Further development of specialist interests will be supported through study leave (30 days per 3-year cycle).
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, Associate Divisional Director and Medical Director, three months after the commencement date of appointment. This will be signed by the Medical Director and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
BMJRef: BMJ-113192/176-S-GW-4950070-A
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